Vitesse 3-2 Excelsior: result and report
Eredivisie · Saturday 28 April 2012
Result
Vitesse 3-2 Excelsior
Eredivisie · Saturday 28 April 2012, 17:45 UTC · half-time 1-2
Vitesse 3-2 Excelsior: match report
Vitesse defeated Excelsior 3-2 in Eredivisie on Saturday 28 April 2012. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Vitesse's goals came from Alexander Büttner (45+3', penalty), Alexander Büttner (80', penalty) and Marco van Ginkel (90+2'). Excelsior scored through an own goal by Jan-Arie van der Heijden (34') and R. Alberg (42').
Discipline: Vitesse received 2 yellow cards; Excelsior received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Vitesse were 7th on 49 points from 31 and Excelsior 18th on 18 points from 31. Vitesse went on to finish that season 6th with 62 points, and Excelsior 18th with 19.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Vitesse wins, 0 draws and 1 for Excelsior.
Going into the match Vitesse's last five read D-W-W-D-L and Excelsior's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 34'Own goal · Jan-Arie van der Heijden
- 42'Goal · R. Alberg
- 45+3'Yellow card · Bart Schenkeveld
- 45+3'Penalty goal · Alexander Büttner
- 50'Yellow card · Samuel Scheimann
- 55'Yellow card · Jordy van Deelen
- 73'Yellow card · Renato Ibarra
- 75'Second yellow · Jordy van Deelen
- 80'Penalty goal · Alexander Büttner
- 80'Yellow card · Luigi Bruins
- 86'Yellow card · Alexander Büttner
- 90+2'Goal · Marco van Ginkel
Head-to-head
Team news
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Vitesse line-up
Piet Velthuizen, Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Alexander Büttner, Frank van der Struijk, Guram Kashia, Nicky Hofs, Ricardo Gomes, Renato Ibarra, Wilfried Bony, Mike Havenaar, Tomas Kalas
Excelsior line-up
Wesley de Ruiter, Bart Schenkeveld, Samuel Scheimann, Norichio Nieveld, Joost Broerse, Jordy van Deelen, Roland Alberg, Edwin de Graaf, Luigi Bruins, Darren Maatsen, Jason Oost